FCC walks back router update ban before it bricked America's network security
Quietly extends waivers to 2029 after realizing it was about to leave millions of devices unpatched
America's telco regulator has seen some sense over its banon foreign-made routers, deciding that existing devices should continue receiving software and firmware updates after all.
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has extended waivers covering certain foreign-made routers (and drones) already operating in the US, pushing the update deadline to at least January 1, 2029. Without the extension, updates would have been blocked as early as 2027.
The biggest practical security risk with routers is not only who made them, but whether they remain patched... The original restriction risked creating exactly that problem: millions of deployed routers frozen in time, unable to receive security fixes
Back in March, the FCC updated its Covered List to include allforeign-made consumer routers, prohibiting the approval of any new models.This effectively banned any new kit made in other...
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